# Sherm Packard

Sherm Packard is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Rockingham 16.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Rockingham 16
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e94c1d98-5454-40a2-8293-ee0998fee8ca

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e94c1d98-5454-40a2-8293-ee0998fee8ca (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Packard missed 91% of 557 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the New Hampshire House (average 89%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.07 (standard error 0.01), from 7 donors and 389 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 9.8% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 8.8% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 95.5% (95.3%). 2 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · Veto Override · HB 2026 relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; relative to toll rate adjustments and periodic toll reviews for the New Hampshire… · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB2026/
- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · Veto Override · HB 1358 establishing a commission to study transitioning all public schools to public charter schools. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1358/
- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · Veto Override · HB 1610 allowing school districts to annually retain year-end unassigned general funds. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1610/
- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · Veto Override · HB 1336 relative to regulated conditional deposits. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1336/
- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · Veto Override · HB 1726 relative to the sale of surplus state-owned land and establishing a commission to study the sale of state-owned property. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1726/
- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · Veto Override · HB 1766 relative to cruelty to livestock. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1766/
- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · Veto Override · HB 1102 increasing the research and development tax credit cap and relative to state park fees for state residents. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1102/
- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · Veto Override · SB 468 relative to enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB468/
- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · Veto Override · HB 1097 requiring legislative approval of the amendment or permanent removal of historical markers. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1097/
- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · Veto Override · HB 232 relative to the rights of conscience for medical professionals. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB232/

## Legislation (NH 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 3 bills: 3 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 15.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1000: extending the indemnification of legislative security staff members to legislative sergeant-at-arms staff members while acting within the scope of their duties. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1000/
- HB 450: relative to commercial property assessed clean energy and resiliency (C-PACER) (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB450/
- HB 188: relative to contempt of the general court. (passed one chamber, 2025-11-03) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB188/
- HB 10: establishing a parental bill of rights. (became law, 2025-06-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB10/
- HB 1001: relative to exempting the land and buildings of Masonic lodges and associations from property taxation. (in committee, 2024-04-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1001/
- HB 10: establishing the parental bill of rights. (passed one chamber, 2023-10-27) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB10/
- HB 1455: relative to state enforcement of federal vaccination mandates. (became law, 2022-07-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1455/
- HB 20: establishing the Richard "Dick" Hinch education freedom account program. (in committee, 2022-01-09) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB20/
- HB 20: establishing the Richard "Dick" Hinch education freedom account program. (in committee, 2021-11-17) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2021/HB20/
- HB 461: relative to motorcycle auxiliary lamping, and adding the New Hampshire Motorcyclists' Rights Organization to the traffic safety commission. (became law, 2021-06-14) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2021/HB461/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $16.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=375453

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e94c1d98-5454-40a2-8293-ee0998fee8ca